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Jai Sankar
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I have a flexinol wire, and it has a resistance of 0.11 ohms/inch and it requires 4000mA for a 1 second contraction. I was wondering how much energy was required for a 1 second contraction and if I were to heat the flexinol under a vacuum, how much less energy would be required. The flexinol is a cylinder with a radius of 0.020 in and is 3 inches long, a density of 0.235 lb/in^3, and a specific heat of 0.2 cal/g * °C.